Back when Swansea was part of the Uni of Wales (5 year ago), the geography dept would give you either a BSc or BA dependant on which A-level or GCSE you've done. Same courses at uni, all the same modules, different letters.
Personally the Bronze Swimming Certificate tended to infer more of a technical approach while the Barely Articulate tended to suggest more "soft" skills like people and time management. And drinking fluffy coffees, Physics was always a double Java, non of your froth and cream malarky.

(Original post by mountainmetman)
Back when Swansea was part of the Uni of Wales (5 year ago), the geography dept would give you either a BSc or BA dependant on which A-level or GCSE you've done. Same courses at uni, all the same modules, different letters.
Personally the Bronze Swimming Certificate tended to infer more of a technical approach while the Barely Articulate tended to suggest more "soft" skills like people and time management. And drinking fluffy coffees, Physics was always a double Java, non of your froth and cream malarky.

I was told at birmingham university if you have the choice in your degree .. go for the BSc....... e.g. some unis run exact same degree but u can specify which u want BA/BSc
Think this is mainly as some people see BAs as 'doss' degrees (Not that that is my opinion!) e.g u can get BA david beckham studies nowadays!
At the end of the day though.. go for the uni u want and the course u want dont worry about the title.....

Yes. But for finance someone who studies sociology and has a flair for finance or a true passion is just as good (arguably) for instance Chassez and Shady Lane, both did arts based subjects and work in IB sales. So clearly, it is not strictly confined to those doing quantitative degrees only.

It's just a name. Titles like LLB or BEng carry special significance, but the BA/BSc distinction is meaningless. You can do Biochemistry at Oxford, and if you only do the Bachelors, you'll have a BA, even though it's blatantly a science. It doesn't matter whether you have BA XXXX or BSc XXXX, just what the XXXX is.

If you are doing Economics, do the BSc. It has a lot more maths, but is more respected.

Many accounting or finance degrees are BA. I have a BA(hons) in Accounting (however, my PG is an MSc). If you can choose I would say BSc, but it's the course and classification that matters more than anything else really.

If you are doing Economics, do the BSc. It has a lot more maths, but is more respected.

Many accounting or finance degrees are BA. I have a BA(hons) in Accounting (however, my PG is an MSc). If you can choose I would say BSc, but it's the course and classification that matters more than anything else really.